Microsoft’s Xbox video game division has announced new partnerships with Nintendo and chipmaker Nvidia as it tries to persuade European regulators to approve its planned 68.7 billion dollar (£56.7 billion) takeover of game publishing giant Activision Blizzard. A key audience for the announcements were the European Union competition regulators who held a closed-door meeting on […]
US federal regulators will open their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta’s acquisition of a virtual-reality company. Opening statements will begin on Thursday in a San Jose, California, courtroom. In a landmark legal challenge to a Big Tech merger, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued to prevent Meta’s acquisition of Within Unlimited and its […]
The metaverse is a concern because it will encourage more screen time and damage human connections, the producer of the Abba Voyage show told MPs. Svana Gisla told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee the technology “scares” her and does not represent an obvious improvement on digital experiences. She told MPs Abba Voyage, a […]
Japanese video game maker Nintendo has recorded a 34% surge in profits in the first half of the financial year after strong sales of products for its Switch console like paint-shooting game Splatoon 3. That prompted the maker of Pokemon and Super Mario games to raise its profit forecast for the April-March financial year to […]
Google has confirmed it will shut down its Stadia cloud gaming service early next year. The service, which launched in 2019, allowed users to stream video games to their TV, laptop or smartphone without needing to own a games console. The platform was seen by some as having the potential to be a Netflix equivalent […]
Microsoft’s proposed 68.7 billion US dollar (£59.7bn) takeover of games publisher Activision Blizzard is to face an in-depth investigation amid concerns the deal is anti-competitive, the UK’s competition watchdog has confirmed. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has referred the takeover for a so-called phase two probe after Microsoft said it would not […]
Gaming giant Nintendo has said a drop in sales and profits in its latest financial results is down to global supply chain issues affecting the production of its popular Switch console. The Japanese firm said overall sales to June 30 fell 4.7% compared to this time last year, with unit sales for the Switch family […]
Nintendo has been urged to commission an independent investigation into a known issue with the Joy-Con controllers on its Switch games console. Consumer group Which? has said the gaming giant should also make the findings and outcomes of any investigation publicly available. Since the Nintendo Switch was launched in 2017, there have been some reports […]
Video games publisher EA Sports has announced it will stop making Fifa branded football games from 2023. The company confirmed it is ending its partnership with the football governing body, but will continue to make football video games which, from 2023, will have a new name – EA Sports FC. Football, meet Future 🤝 We’re […]
Ms. Pac-Man has been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, more than 40 years after blazing a trail for female video game characters. Also inducted on Thursday was Dance Dance Revolution, The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time, and Sid Meier’s Civilisation. The Hall of Fame considers electronic games of all types […]
